[tet68]

Dec,1, 1941

Press release.

US. to use new torpedo design.
"More reliable" say experts.
No testing will be done so as not to spur "arms race" with
Japan.

[Candor7]

Critics, though, argue this sends the wrong signal at a time when the White House is leading efforts to curb Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Liberal platitudes.

Throughout the History of our nation, peace has only been achieved through strength. That is the message that needs sending, not one of weakness as the Eurolibs think.

Don't these appeasing whackos study their History of pre WWII Europe? What a collection of diconnected pussy fodder.

[gcruse]

"They say the warheads will simply replace older, less reliable ones with a safer version"

Is Jocelyn Elders in the running for Surgeon General again?

[doc1019]

How do we know that the old bombs still work? We should try one or two out on Iran just to make sure that our stockpiles of weapons are still viable.

If we are squeamish about this idea (and I am), than invite the pres. of Iran (and any others with doubts (Kim Ill comes to mind) to observe a test some place safe (desert Island, open ocean … someplace) and let him witness the explosion of one of these little bombs. Might give them pause.

[PreciousLiberty]

Here's what kills me. Nuclear weapons have _saved_ countless lives! Why else have there been no more World Wars? It certainly isn't because of a fundamental change in human nature. Not to mention that the only use of them, in WW II, saved millions of lives.

Yet, the pacifists call for a "world with no more nuclear weapons". It won't ever happen as long as the various governments in the club are responsible and choose to defend themselves. Aggression for ideology, land or resources is a temptation for many nations, nuclear retaliation is the only thing that's keeping it from happening.

The pacifists should favor a strong nuclear arsenal. ;-)

The worse thing is that (IMO) there are more serious threats than nuclear weapons, for instance bioweapons. Proliferation of WMD class bioweapons seems unavoidable.

The upside is that telecommuting will blossom.

[2ndDivisionVet]

What many don't know is that nuclear warheads are only good for so many years, then must be replaced to be effective. Any physicists here that can explain further?

[Spirochete]

The Chinese already have this design. Their military moles have free run of Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

The US has had nuclear weapons since 1945.

The fact that they have not been used to destroy, subjugate or oppress the whiner nations and their champions refutes the whiners and their champions.

[sevenbak]

I'm kind of worried about this. The article says the new design will eventually replace the entire US arsenal. And they have never been tested!!